FDB- The last two chapters of this fic, the one after this and the epilogue, will be posted at the same time, because having a break in between would ruin the effect. So the ending won't be for a while yet.

SephirothXX- That's cool. I have Dish Network and a PVR receiver. I have it set to record Inuyasha for me. And the part about the blitzball: just some of my spur-of-the-moment stupidity. Actually, that's what just about all the shit that comes out of my head is. Except for this, from what I hear. And that might have been the Backlash Wave.

Lord Batman- It's Backlash Wave. And I'm sure Rikku doesn't like it that Jamie won't stop talking about Stephanie. I'll fix that. And what did you expect Rikku to do? She's a teen, blonde, and immature. Does it sound like she's the obedient type? I'm sure Jamie was thinking, 'Main gun…little bitty secondary guns…' at least that's what I was thinking… And if you intend on killing me, you have to get past Foamy the Squirrel! Beware his Squirrely Wrath!

"Foamy the Squirrel" and "Squirrely Wrath" property of Ill Will Press and Neurotically Yours. Damn you, disclaimer!

Anbu713- Refer to SephirothXX for info on Backlash Wave.

Mandyfanforever- Too bad. At least you read. I'm happy and content with that.

Cor Strike FX- Refer to Lord Batman for info on Rikku.

Chapter 15- Now I'm Bound.

I didn't want to leave Rikku behind, but I didn't want he rto get hurt. She had to stay out of this. I began to think about why the Fayth kid wanted me to go home. Maybe Rikku was going to die in here and he didn't want me to see it.

This is just fucked up. We're inside Sin. And we're ankle deep in what I hope and pray is water. There are fiends everywhere. Does Sin just generate all of these monsters, or does it eat them? Either way, I made quick work of them with Tetsusaiga. What do you expect? No more fucking around. Sin will die.

There were these things that looked like behemoths, but they were blue…ish… And whenever we killed one, it called these meteors on us. Knocked us around pretty bad. I attempted to reenact the attack I had used on Sin back topside, and managed to deflect some of the meteors, but I never did get the effect I wanted. I knew what I had to do, I just couldn't do it.

No idea why, but we came upon a long staircase. I couldn't see the top, but I just had a gut feeling that there was something at the top of them. Maybe Yu Yevon. You never know. We climbed them, but it wasn't Yu Yevon at the top. It was 'Little Shop of Horrors' himself. I'd like to feed him to a giant talking plant.

"Don't you ever give up?" Tidus asked. As if the answer weren't obvious.

"We've kicked your ass three times now," I shouted. "And you still don't know when to die?"

"You cannot kill that which is already dead." Guess he's never played Resident Evil. "And besides, Sin has chosen me. I am part of Sin. I am one with Sin, forever. Immortal!"

"Sin just absorbed you." Tidus has a point.

"I will learn to control it, from within." Right… "I have all the time in the world. Since you were gracious enough to dispose of Yunalesca...the only means of destroying Sin is forever gone. Now nothing can stop us!"

"Well, we can!" Will I ever understand where his optimism comes from?

"By all means, try! You should thank me. Your death means your father's life!"

Safe to say we accepted his invitation. So, hopefully for the last time, we threw everything we had at him. We were barraging him with our entire arsenal. Yuna was summoning Aeons left and right, but they barely got in one hit before Seymour got rid of them. It didn't look well. I decided to stop slashing him and start Wind Scar-ing him to hell and back. I found the golden rift between him and me, and swung Tetsusaiga right through it.

"Wind Scar!" The golden streams raced towards Seymour, looking like they were going to hit there mark. They did hit the huge wheel things behind him, but the streams went right under him. Under him. What the fuck?

"Oh, come on!"

"It would seem your Wind Scar gave me a little bit of a hot foot."

I was pissed off, to say the least. Why? I had him! I don't understand why the Wind Scar couldn't just arch upwards about…three more inches. I was about to castrate the bastard when I saw a huge bomb land beneath him. He didn't seem to notice at first, but I think he finally did when it disintegrated his feet. And man…could he yell.

"How's that for a hot foot?" Three guesses who that was.

Lo and behold, when I turned around, Rikku was standing there, another bomb in hand.

"Rikku," I shouted. "If you hadn't just saved our lives, I'd be really mad at you right now."

"I know."

From then on, fighting Seymour was a breeze. And when we beat him, Yuna finally Sent him. No more Seymour! Booyah! And I think Tidus finally said something that I actually thought was cool.

"Sin will be right behind you."

I asked the others to go ahead while I talked with Rikku. They agreed, and I turned to Rikku. Why was she acting like she didn't know why I was mad? She knew perfectly well.

"Why did you leave the airship, Rikku? You promised me you'd stay."

"I wanted to fight with you guys. And if you'll remember, you said to stay back at the airship when we got inside Sin. You never said how long."

Damn. She had me there. "That doesn't make me any less angry. I want you to be safe, Rikku. I don't want to lose you…"

"Like you did Stephanie, right?" she shouted, getting in my face. "Would you just shut up about her? It's always Stephanie this and Stephanie that. Well guess what? She's gone. Stop dwelling on her. I'm not Stephanie. I won't get killed like that. And people don't mug me, I mug people. Besides, you can protect me. You have Tetsusaiga."

Maybe…she's right. I've let my memories of Stephanie get a hold of me. Maybe I should just relax. Rikku's right. I have Tetsusaiga. Nothing's gonna happen to her. I put my arms around her, and she hugged me back. I pulled back and looked into her eyes, and she looked into mine. It was gonna be great to live with her.

We caught up to the others just as this huge tower fell out of the sky. It was pretty fucked up, but we went inside. And we got to watch Tidus, yet again, run around like a retard off his leash picking up these glowing eggs. I admit, it was pretty fun watching him run around like a mad man, but he eventually got tenn of them, and we were transported to…I don't know what. It looked like Zanarkand, but on fire. And there he was. Jecht, Tidus' dad.

"You're late, Auron," he said. We get all the way here, and that's all he has to say?

"I know."

Jecht then turned to his son. "Hah! You got tall, but you're all bones! You eatin' right, boy? You've really grown."

"Yeah," Tidus muttered, "but you're still bigger."

"Well, I am Sin, you know."

"That's not funny."

"Well, then... I mean...you know. Let's end this."

Tidus: Dad?

"Yeah?"

"I hate you."

"I know…I know. You know what you have to do."

"Yeah"

"I can't hear the Hymn so well anymore. Pretty soon, I'm gonna be Sin. Completely. I'm glad you're here now. One thing, though... When it starts, I won't be myself anymore. I won't be able to hold myself back. I'm sorry.

"That's enough!" Tidus shouted, starting to get annoyed. "Let's finish this, okay?"

"You're right," Jecht groaned, backing to the edge of the platform we were on. "Well, then... Let's go!"

Tidus tried to save him as he fell, but he still fell. And what emerged made Seymour look like Leonardo DiCapprio. It looked like Jecht, except he had been beaten with the whole fucking 'ugly' tree, then beat with a 'fucked up' stick. I'm serious! Seymour was Orlando Bloom compared to this thing!

But, we had to do what we had to do. We all let loose on it. We all wanted to end this. It released a bunch of powerful attacks on us, but Yuna and Rikku kept use healed. The rest of us, minus Wakka and Lulu, hit it up close. He could take his lumps. But he eventually staggered. I thought we had won, until a huge dynamite plunger emerged from his chest. What the hell? Is this a new attack? Kamikaze Dynamite? He grabbed it and pulled, and it turned out to be a sword. Phew! Good! I thought he was going to blow us to hell and back.

He came at us even stronger than before. Tidus tried talking to him a couple of times, and that seemed to calm him down a little bit, but not all that much. If only I could get in one good hit with the Wind Scar. Then, he'd go down. He created a huge blitzball and performed this weird looking kick that hit us all. It hurt like hell, but it looked like it took a lot out of him. He leaned on the platform for support, so we took the opportunity to wail on him again.

Wait…if he's on the ground…I can use the Wind Scar! I told everyone to get out of the way, and I let one loose. It tore across Jecht's body and almost disintegrated it. He screamed and pulled back, but it was too late. The streams of the Wind Scar were already circling his body. He kept screaming even as he landed on the platform and changed back into normal Jecht. Tidus rushed over and knelt down next to his father.

"You'll cry," Jecht said. "You're gonna cry. You always cry. See? You're cryin'." And Tidus was crying. I would too if I lost my dad.

"I hate you, Dad," Tidus said in between sobs.

"Save it for later."

And miraculously, he stopped. "Right... We've got a job to do, don't we?"

"Good. That's right. You are my son, after all."

"You know...for the first time, I'm glad...to have you as my father."

Yuna stepped forward, holding her rod up. "Sir Jecht... I should..."

"No, Yuna!" Jecht shouted. There's no time!"

Something flew around that looked like a huge spider. It looked like it was trying to get to Jecht. All I could guess was that this was Yu Yevon.

"You stay away!" Tidus actually swatted at the thing. No matter how tender this moment is, he is still an idiot.

"Yuna," Jecht whispered. You know what to do. The Aeons..."

"We Aeons..." Holy shit. It's that kid's voice.

"Call them!" Jecht shouted.

"Call us!" Okay, he is getting very annoying.

Then, we were thrown through a weird warp. It looked like we were standing on the sword Fugly Jecht had pulled out of his chest. And then, Yuna called the Aeons.

Valefor was pretty easy. Would have been easier if it was on the ground… Ifrit was a pain in the ass. He kept jumping around, making it hard to hit him. But he finally went down. Ixion was just as fast. I didn't participate in this battle. Mostly because I think Lulu has instilled an extreme phobia of electricity in me. Shiva, the icy siren, tried to seduce us guys, and almost succeeded, if not for Auron. Guess when you get older, you start making decisions upstairs instead of downstairs.

Then we got to Bahamut. This was personal. I know Yuna was the one that sicked him on me back at Gagazet, but this is still personal. The others softened him up, and then I got the final hit with Tetsusaiga. Nice… Then came Yojimbo. The Aeon that got the final hit outside Sin. Not as personal, but we still had to take him down. He was a pretty decent swordsman. I clashed with him a couple of times. He even managed to match my Wind Scar with his Wakizashi attack. I kinda regretted having to take him down. Oh well…

Then came Anima. Sick fuck. It reminded me too much of Seymour, so I just Wind Scar-ed the shit out of it, not even letting the others get close. I really don't think they minded, though. I think they wanted to get rid of any memories of Seymour they could. After Anima died, Yuna summoned The Magus Sisters. One fat, one young, and one sexy...in a weird 'fire ant' sort of way… But they died nonetheless. After that, Yuna finally said she had summoned all of her Aeons.

"Everyone!" Tidus shouted. "This is the last time we fight together, okay? What I'm trying to say is...after we beat Yu Yevon, I'll disappear!" Say what?

"What are you talking about?" My thoughts exactly, Lulu.

"I'm saying goodbye!"

"You can't leave!" Yuna shouted.

"I know it's selfish...but this is my story!"

I was a little shocked that Tidus would disappear after this, but that didn't change what we had to do. It was time to face Yu Yevon head on. It finally floated down, still a huge spider. It was also accompanied by a pair of weird rock thingies. Whatever as long as they don't complicate things. Auron told us to let him make the first move. So we waited. And waited. And…waited… Why was it just sitting there? Why doesn't it attack us? Surely it can sense that we're trying to defeat Sin once and for all. Isn't it going to stop us?

"Dammit!" I finally shouted. "It's your move, Fuckface!"

It looked as though it hadn't heard me, but soon, it spoke, in a weird snaky, slithery voice. "Though I do not understand your insult, Jamison, please, I would like you to have the honor of the first move."

"How do you know my name?"

"I am the bridge that the Fayth used to bring you to Spira. I believe it would only make sense to know all about those that cross between worlds."

So this thing knows all about me, huh? Doesn't matter. We'll kill it. "You heard him, guys," I said with a big grin on my face. "He wants us to have to first move."

So, we took the first move. Tidus did that rapid slash, kick the ball attack again, Auron conjured a huge flaming twister, Yuna…couldn't do much without the Aeons, but she cast some kind of magic that hit Yu Yevon good, Lulu cast some powerful magic, as well, Wakka…threw his…ball…at it…yeah…, Rikku made another bomb, Kimahri created a huge explosion that looked like a supernova…go Kimahri…and I, of course, shoved a Wind Scar down his throat.

He started twitching, but quickly regained his composure…at least as much composure as a huge spider can have. What still beats the hell out of me is that he didn't have a scratch, even after that brutal thrashing.

"Are you done?" he…it…whatever…hissed. Déjà vu. I think this is exactly what happened the first few times I tried to Wind Scar Seymour. Except when we attacked Seymour, he didn't ask if we were done and then follow up with a huge blue laser.

And that's exactly what Yu Yevon did. We all jumped to the sides trying to avoid it, and most of us did. I think Tidus and Lulu got hit, but I'm not really sure. After we all scattered, I kinda lost track of all of them.

"Your move again."

This guy is just toying with us! I rushed up to him and pounded about three Wind Scars into him before backing down, Tetsusaiga still raised. It looked like I had reduced the fuckwad to a piece of charred shit. But then it started convulsing, and reformed into the spider.

"How unfair," he said as he turned to me. "You used three turns all at one time. Guess it's only fair that I get to hit you three times." After he said that, I felt a tentacle wrap around my waist and pick me up. He extended another ran the new tentacle across my side and fired another laser into my arm. I felt both cut into me, and screamed when I felt the pain surge through my left side.

I looked down to see that he had reopened my old scars. The exact same spots I had been hit when I was with Stephanie. Luckily, I wasn't going to lose much blood, because the laser had burnt the flesh around the scar. Then, the spider bastard started laughing. He just started hissing and cackling like he was some mad scientist.

"Now, this seems appropriate! Part of you died with Stephanie that night, now the rest of you will die under the same circumstances. But I have a feeling that something is missing…what is it…ah, yes! Her…"

I turned and saw Rikku running right for Yu Yevon, fist raised, as though she were going to do to it what she did to me back at Moonflow. I tried to shout to her to stop but Spidey tightened the tentacle and I could barely breathe. She was going to die, and I couldn't stop it.

Yu Yevon fired and hit his mark. The laser went right through Rikku's stomach. It was slow motion from that point on. I saw Rikku fall, the others looking on in disbelief. I just kept staring as I saw the blood pour from the hole in her gut. I thing I went berserk again, kinda like what I did to Seymour back in Bevelle. Since I still had Tetsusaiga in my hand, I hacked at the Tentacle that held me, dropped to the ground, and ran to Rikku.

"Rikku!" I shouted as I scooped her up into my arms. I brushed the hair out of her face, and just looked at her. This is exactly how I had found Stephanie before she died. "Rikku, please…"

"Jamie…" she choked out."This…this is how Stephanie died, isn't it?"

It was… It was the exact way that Stephanie died. And it was going to end the same way. Rikku is going to die, the others are going to die, and I'm gonna die with them. It's going to end. Yu Yevon is too strong. Nothing can beat him.

"It is going to end, Jamison. It is going to end. Stephanie died, and now Rikku is going to die. And you cannot stop it. You cannot stop me. Because you are weak. Weak! You are so wrapped up in your sorrow and mourning that you cannot think straight. You have not stopped mourning for Stephanie, and she has only been dead for year. Another thing that interests me is that you have already replaced her! I believe, Rikku, that you should have followed Jamison's advice and stayed at the airship. Because you followed him, you will cause him to feel the same sorrow he felt when he lost Stephanie."

He's right…he's right…I can't protect Rikku. I can't protect her…but I can avenge her. I stood and faced Yu Yevon, raising Tetsusaiga as I did. Spidey is right, but so is Rikku. I have Tetsusaiga. I can fight back.

"Face it, Jamison. It…is…inevitable."

"You can take your Matrix: Reloaded rip-off and shove it, you creepy-crawly bastard."

"So…you still wish to face me. Alright then. If I am not mistaken, I believe I still owe you that third hit."

"Take your best shot, you bastard." He started charging up his laser, just like I expected he would. I readied Tetsusaiga, preparing to use the one technique that I knew could defeat this fucktard. I had to time it just right. If I'm a little off either way, it won't work. No…this will work. This will work, dammit. It has to. For Rikku… I saw the golden rift of the Wind Scar from in front of me again, but I didn't slash into it. Not…yet.

He fired. As soon as he did, time seemed to slow. The beam inched forward, flying right towards the gold rift. Wait for it… In those moments, I felt all of the others…felt them. They all had hope in me. Even Rikku, with whatever life she had left. Wait for it… And…this may sound crazy…but…I felt Stephanie. She was there with me. Standing behind me.

Jamie…don't believe anything Yu Yevon says…I don't hate you for replacing me…I…I want you to be happy…I know that this girl…Rikku…makes you happy…so…love her, Jamie…love her like you loved me…now do it…end it…I believe in you…I believe in you, Jamie.

They all believe in me. I have to succeed. The laser was almost to the rift. Wait for it… Everyone was behind me. Everyone…Yuna…she always cared about me…Tidus…despite being a blithering idiot, I have to admit, he does care…Auron, the old decrepit bastard…he's taught me a lot…Kimahri…he's taught me a lot, too…Wakka…always there for me…Lulu...she still scares me, but she's been really nice…Rikku…I have to win...I have to do this because I love her…she is the first person I've ever loved since I lost Stephanie…she taught me that my heart isn't my enemy…she taught me how to open up.

Now. The beam had finally reached the rift. This is it…the moment of truth. This is what it all comes down to. This is Yu Yevon's end. Now was the time to end it.

"Fuck you, Tidus. This is my damn story"

I swung Tetsusaiga one last time.

FDB- How's that for a cliff hanger? Nice, huh? Well, I now have the epilogue typed up. Now I just have to work on the last chapter. And to those of you who think it's weird to have the epilogue done before the last chapter: It's my story. Who says I have to write it in order? REVIEW!